He began performing stand-up comedy in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2000, shortly after graduating from high school.

List has been a co-host of the weekly podcast Tuesdays with Stories alongside fellow comedian Mark Normand since 2013.

In 2016, he toured the U.S. and Europe while opening for Louis C.K., which included three performances at Madison Square Garden.

[6] His next special, I Hate Myself, was self-produced[7] and premiered on Comedy Central's YouTube channel in August 2020.

[7] In 2017, List married Sarah Tollemache, a fellow comedian from Kingwood, Texas.