The List for Thursday, June 12th 2025

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Taking pain for your craft to a whole new level Eric Church told Billboard he wants the struggle. He said he actually puts himself in the most uncomfortable situations possible, makes sure it’s hard, makes sure it’s clumsy, all because he’s chasing that one thing that’s nearly impossible to catch. Sounds exhausting, but hey… better him than us.

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Darius Rucker’s fantasy football season is off to a brutal start. He’s in five leagues, and after week one, he’s 0 and 5. He joked, “How do you go 0-5? That’s not even mathematically possible!” Don’t worry, Darius, we’ll still let you sing the Monday Night Football song.

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The mystery continues for Morgan Wallen’s Sand in My Boots Festival. First, the website said “See you in 2026.” Now it just says “See you next time.” So… is it happening next year, or are we all just supposed to sit here in our boots and wait?

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A Cowboys fan went full Marvel mode he built a working Iron Man helmet in the team’s colors that opens whenever he needs a sip of beer. Somebody joked, “Jarvis, miss the playoffs.” That’s cold… but if you know, you know.

You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

Welcome to The List,

Keanu Reeves allegedly pulled off the most Keanu thing ever   secretly marrying Alexandra Grant in Europe earlier this summer. No Hollywood circus, no over-the-top spectacle, just a quiet, intimate “Matrix unplugged” kind of wedding. She’s his sounding board, he’s her biggest fan. The only shocking part is that someone this famous actually managed to keep it a secret.

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So, Jackson Dean is out here talking about what his CB radio handle would be. Forget “Smokey and the Bandit,” ‘I don’t know, man.’ We came up with … one of ‘em was Peacock, somebody else had another one, and then mine was White Tiger. I have this giant blanket with a Siberian tiger on it that I’ve been sleepin’ on for the last four years, and they’re like, ‘There you go, White Tiger.’ So, I’m the White Tiger.”

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Robert Redford passed away at 89 and, in true Redford style, chose a private funeral. No Hollywood lights, no fanfare just peace at Sundance, the place he considered home. A source says it’s exactly who he was: no noise, no show, just authenticity. It’s rare in Hollywood that a star gets to exit the stage exactly the way they wanted.

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Before Riley Green was crooning hits, he was competing on the CMT reality show Redneck Island back in 2016. And get this he and his partner actually won the whole thing, splitting a cool $100K. From redneck games to country fame? Now that’s what you call a the most profitable mud fight in TV history.

You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1