Zach Lisabeth

Location

Ames, IA

School

Northwestern University, Brooklyn Law School, Iowa State University

Expertise

True Crime, Science Reporting, World History

Zach serves as Static Media's managing editor of Finance, Automotive, and Technology.
He has over 10 years of experience creating branded content and social media campaigns with deep brand integrations.
Zach is a named inventor on several patents related to programmatic advertising and scalable media sponsorship.

Experience

Zach has been working as a writer, editor, and media strategist for over 15 years. From 2012 to 2016, he helped launch and operate Starclub, a startup media company based in Santa Monica, California, leveraging proprietary technology to help artists and influencers monetize their social media content. From 2016-2019, he served as the managing editor of Flyway, a leading international literary journal of environmental writing. In addition to his role as managing editor of Static Media's finance, technology, and automotive brands, he also serves as the commerce editor for SlashGear.

Education

Zach holds a bachelor's degree in communications with a concentration in New Media from Northwestern University and an MFA in creative writing from Iowa State University.

The unique content on Grunge is a result of skilled collaboration between writers and editors with a broad array of expertise in everything from history to classic Hollywood to true crime. Our goal is to provide accurate and diverse content bolstered by expert input.

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Stories By Zach Lisabeth

Weird

Bizarre Ozzy Osbourne Quotes That We Can't Believe He Actually Said

The Ozzman cometh, and he's bearing some bizarre words of wisdom. Former Black Sabbath frontman and reality TV pioneer Ozzy Osbourne is known for quite a few eccentric behaviors. Over a lifetime of wild statements, which are the words that stand out the most?

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Presidents

What Are Joe Biden And Bernie Sanders Doing To Avoid Getting The Coronavirus?

Community spread of the coronavirus within the United States has thrown a real wrench into the 2020 campaign season. So what are Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders doing to avoid getting the coronavirus?

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Entertainment

The Most Inspirational Nikki Sixx Quotes About Life

Finding the optimism in Sixx's dire recollections and warnings often feels like sifting for diamonds on a beach. You'll find them, though, if you look hard enough.

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Entertainment

The Truth About Joe Rogan's Wife Jessica Ditzel

Stability is not usually the word we think about with Hollywood relationships, but that's what Jessica Ditzel and Joe Rogan have.

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History

The Reason You Wouldn't Survive Life In Ancient China

It's easy to romanticize what life would have been like if you'd only been born a few thousand years earlier. No credit card debt. No student loans. No telemarketers. No need to pine over whether bae has watched your Insta story yet. The Bronze Age was just a simpler time. Simpler, but brutal.

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Science

Strange Magnetic Fields Around Mars Rover 10x Stronger Than Expected

If there's one thing NASA loves, it's driving golf carts around the surface of Mars. Although Elon Musk may be worried that humans won't colonize the red planet in his lifetime, NASA's InSight lander recently beamed back some unexpected findings about the red planet's magnetic fields.

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Weird

A Weird 'Hypernucleus' Confirms Universal Supersymmetry

Even the strange world of subatomic particles isn't above the aesthetic allure of symmetry.

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Politics

What Is Trump Doing To Avoid Getting The Coronavirus?

The budding pandemic presents a particular conundrum for Trump, a notorious germaphobe. So how is he really handling it?

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Weird

How Are The Rich Preparing For Coronavirus?

The novel coronavirus spreading out of Wuhan, China and causing the potentially severe respiratory infection COVID-19 is concerning up and down the socioeconomic ladder. Viruses don't care if you're rich or poor. A global pandemic knows no borders and abides no prejudice. Unless you're rich.

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Science

Doctors Alter DNA For The First Time Inside Living Human

Move over Doctor Moreau, scientists at the Casey Eye Institute are honing in on your territory, only instead of creating hideous mutants they're trying to cure blindness.

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Weird

The Real Reason The DOW Is Crashing

It all started the week of February 24th. The markets opened on Monday morning and began a steady two-day decline. Here's why.

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Science

What Really Happens To Mosquitoes During Winter?

Despite their virulence, most mosquito activity reaches its peak during the dog days of summer. But where do these little vampires go once it turns cold?

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Science

Scientists Collect Dinosaur DNA From Fossilized Skull

In a development sure to alarm both Sam Neill and Chris Pratt, researchers announced the recent discovery of what they believe to be actual dinosaur DNA. So, you know, start booking your theme park tickets to the Isla Sorna now.

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Music

Here's Why Journey Just Fired Two Of Their Band Members

For at least two people out there, it's time to finally stop believin'. In the wake of accusations that bassist Ross Valory and drummer Steve Smith were engaged in an "ill-conceived coup d'etat" to usurp control of the band's name and relevant IP, both musicians will be sailing away from Journey.

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Entertainment

The Real Reason Genesis Is Reuniting

Get ready to add some 1970s progressive rock to your summer concert list, because the latest once-defunct crew to load up their tour bus and get (most of) the band back together is effing Genesis.

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Science

The Effects Of Coronavirus Can Actually Be Seen From Space

There's a new Chinese phenomenon visible from space, and it has nothing to do with keeping the rampaging Mongol horde at bay. The effects of the novel Wuhan coronavirus--the germ responsible for the budding COVID-19 pandemic -- were picked up by a NASA satellite monitoring air pollution over China.

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Weird

The Bizarre Life Of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

What goes into the wild life of a microblogging kingpin and serial entrepreneur? If you're Twitter's Jack Dorsey, those fast times include dating supermodels, chastising presidents and limiting yourself to one meal per day.

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Sports

How Much Michael Jordan Was Paid Each Of His 15 NBA Seasons

Not every professional sport sees a player as thoroughly dominant as Michael Jordan. But when they appear, so does the money.

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Nature

Water World: Earth May Once Have Been A Global Ocean

Researchers have determined that approximately 3 billion years ago, Earth was a "water world" flooded by a global ocean that spanned from pole to pole. No word yet on whether this diluvial epoch featured any gill-bearing Kevin Costners.

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Science

The Truth About The Real 'Warp Drive'

It's the ultimate handwavey, science fiction trope. Engage the warp drive and you can move people through time and space faster than you can pronounce intergalactic mycelium network. And it's looking more possible than ever.

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Royals

The Real Reason Stephen Hawking Said That Black Holes 'Have No Hair'

Stephen Hawking said that black holes probably evaporate away and eventually vanish over unimaginably long timescales. Cool. But what does this have to do with hair, and whether or not black holes have any?

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Untold Truth

Pita Taufatofua: The Untold Truth Of The 'Shirtless Tongan'

Looks like there's about to be a run on coconut oil in Tokyo. The famed "shirtless Tongan" from 2018 is heading back to the Olympics for the third straight cycle, and we can only assume his recent qualification includes plans to lube up and wave that Tongan flag.

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Aliens

Scientists Claim To Discover Extraterrestrial Protein In Meteorite

Turns out, scientists don't even have to go into outer space to search for extraterrestrial life. Sometimes outer space just comes to them in the form of meteorites.

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Science

Doctors Report First Known Case Of Person Who Urinates Alcohol

Talk about a microbrew. We've all had a light beer that tastes like pee, but how about pee that tastes like light beer? According to Science Alert, a woman in Pittsburgh, PA has been identified as the first known human to naturally produce ethyl alcohol in their urine.

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Sports

The Biggest Moment From WWE Super Showdown 2020

This year's Super Showdown was a pivotal moment for the WWE. With only one more pay-per-view event to go before WrestleMania 36, Vince McMahon and his struggling WWE needed to give fans a triple dose of the high-octane formula that's made this franchise such a titan in sports entertainment.

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Sports

The NFL Teams With The Best Chance Of Signing Tom Brady

After the conclusion of the 2019 season, and the Patriots' disappointing playoff loss, Tom Brady entered the first unrestricted free agency of his career. For the first time, the franchise player and six-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback's future with the New England Patriots is in question.

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Space

Astronomers Detect Biggest Known Explosion In The Universe

Astronomers have spotted a cosmic blast massive enough to make Jerry Bruckheimer blush. The explosion was so big, that researchers are saying it dwarfs every previously observed explosion in size and scale.

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