Terry Gross

YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II. He's nominated for an Emmy for playing Simon Williams in "Wonder Man," a Marvel comedy about a struggling actor hiding real superpowers.

(1.) STACIE PETTYJOHN is a senior fellow and director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security. She'll talk about the military challenges the United States faces, five and a half months into the war with Iran. There’s been considerable reporting in the American media about the depletion of U.S. weapons stockpiles and the continuing threat Iran can pose to American bases and allies in the Persian Gulf region. (INTERVIEW BY DAVE DAVIES0 (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)

(1.) Actor and writer JASON SEGEL. He’s nominated for an Emmy for his starring role in the comedy drama series Shrinking, as a psychotherapist who’s been having his own mental health crisis because his wife died a year earlier. The first 3 seasons are streaming on Apple TV. Segel got his first memorable role in the popular series, Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000). After the show was canceled, Segel wrote and starred in the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He wrote and was the human star of the movie musical The Muppets.