’s Emmy nomination landed on a day that started off quite uneventfully. He had spent the morning journaling and folding laundry. “It was a very sweet moment that coexisted with my boring, quotidian lifestyle,” Yang says of the instant he received the news via text from his team.

But as he speaks, his life seems far from dull — in addition to , he co-hosts the GLAAD and iHeart­Radio Award-winning podcast with Matt Rogers and later this year will appear as Pfannee in the much-anticipated first installment of the two-part feature . The schedule seems grueling, but Yang is quite calm. “I just front-load the week,” he says.

Mondays and Tuesdays are for , then he heads to ’s table read on Wednesday. When he was shooting , he flew to London on Sundays, after , and then returned for the next week’s show by the following Wednesday. Wash, rinse, repeat! “ ends up being this home base,” he says of all the movement.

“I’m not too rattled by the different hats I put on because each hat feels very well-worn at this point. And I probably wouldn’t have this comfort had it not been for working at .” This year’s Emmys nod is Yang’s fourth overall, his third for acting.

But, just as well-worn hats are likely to be well-loved, this one feels more special. “I feel more grateful this year,” Yang says. “I feel like things were reset with the strikes.

There was this really truncated, unresolved feeling to [season 48] when the strikes happened and no one had a ch.