Pretty Gross

Alyssa & Kayla go full-blown science class in this week's episode - and even have a little PSA for their listeners. Links & pics below!

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VALONIA VENTRICOSA

Youtube vid

Wikipedia article

Twisted Sifter article

New Heaven Reef Conservation article

Reddit post

Youtube vid #2

MUCUS

Cilia pic

Nose diagram

Vox article

Scopeweb article

Harvard article

Everyday Health article

FUNGAL ACNE

Kayla's Skincare Routine

Simple Skincare Science

We've got a (brief) special guest today! Learn why the beach sucks, why horse girls need to chill, and why everything we're eating is a horror show always. Links below!

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MR HANDS

Zoophilia wiki

Vice article

Stranger article

Mr Hands wiki

TWITCHING MEAT

Snopes article (feat. zombie chicken)

Side of beef

Frog legs vid

More beef!

NSFL

Alyssa & Kayla tackle the grossness of fandoms in honor of the 2019 San Diego Comic Con - Happy 50th Anniversary, Comic Con!

Links below:

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PORNHUB ARTICLE

SONIC FANART

Medium Article

Buzzfeed Article

Complex Article

CBR Article

Ranker Article

Geek.com Article

Go Nintendo Article

Quora Question

Sonic's Feet

Polygon Article

MY HORSE PRINCE

Wikipedia Article

Buzzfeed Article

Kotaku Article

Horse Nation Article

Don't Leave

It's short and sweet! Alyssa and Kayla tackle oddly related topics, and try to make up for the horror of the previous episode. Links & pics below!

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SPIDER SEASON

Pics - that's NOT frost

Close up

Time to move!

NatGeo article

Mashable article

AFTERBIRTH CRAFTS

Placenta teddy bear

Umbilical crafts

Umbilical crafts 2

Umbilical crafts 3

Placenta print

In a Pretty Gross first, Alyssa & Kayla get the closest to puking on air they ever have - and potentially ever will. But don't worry, there's a nice, gentle, gross come down after. Links below!

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PCJP

Gawker article

Jezebel article

Buzzfeed article

4chan screenshots

Horse News post (this is where true grossness lies)

Internet Explorer podcast ep

PITCHER PLANTS

Pitcher plant pic #1

Pitcher plant pic #2

NatGeo article

Scientific American article

Alyssa & Kayla return to form with a particularly informative - and stomach churning - episode of Pretty Gross. Links below!

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SCABS

Wound healing process pic

Wikipedia article

Mental Floss article

Kids Health article

FDA FOOD DEFECTS

Live Science article

FDA Food Defect Levels Handbook

Fatherly article

Quora question

Alyssa & Kayla get current and tackle a topic that isn't gross in the slightest, but gets treated grossly far too often: abortion. Links below.

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MASTER GOOGLE DOC OF RESEARCH LINKS

Planned Parenthood

NARAL

ACLU

Yellowhammer Fund

Magnolia Fund

ARC Southeast

National Network of Abortion Funds

LA For Choice

Alyssa and Kayla come out swinging with some wildly different topics in this week's episode of Pretty Gross. Links & pics below!

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HAGFISH

Atlantic article

Hagfish article #2

Hagfish article #3

Hagfish article #4

Hagfish article #5

MISSING & MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN

Highway of Tears doc

VICE piece

Teen Vogue article

Missing & Murdered podcast

Highway of Tears Wikipedia article

Alyssa and Kayla focus on the disgusting things we can do to the human face - from what goes into our mouths, to what goes into our eyes. Links & pics below!

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KIT HARINGTON SNL EDGING SKETCH

SWEAT BEES

Lil sweet bee pic

Eye pic #1

Eye pic #2

BBC article

VIRGIN BOY EGGS

Atlas Obscura article

Gizmodo article

Reuters article

In honor of Siblings Day, Alyssa and Kayla each have their siblings on the show to talk about their disgusting childhoods together.

THE NOTORIOUS ALYSSA PHOTO