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Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time.

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Even more thanWTF,Paul Gilmartins wonderful, essential podcastMental Illness Happy Hourgoes deep with its interview subjects.

The podcast doesnt just invite intimacy it all but demands it.

Honesty and unwise candor are the price of entry.

Haddishs star-making turn inGirls Triphelped make her one of the hottest actresses and comedians around.

How successful is Haddish?

This yearTimemagazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Her charismatic con man father abused her mother before abandoning the family.

Haddish held onto her humanity and her sense of humor throughout it all.

She didnt just survive the kind of abuse that would destroy lesser souls shes thrived.

Early in the episode, Haddish jokes that her life is a Lifetime movie.

Possibly even more so than her role inGirls Trip.