Wrong Way Forward
Well, bless your heart and clutch your pearls— She’s Katy Montgomery: Georgetown-educated lawyer, sought-after executive coach, and Southern-bred straight-shooter. He’s Justin Joseph: one time prosecutor, former Emmy-award winning investigative reporter, and her wildly opinionated counterpart.
These best friends are serving subpoenas to bad advice weekly with Wrong Way Forward - the advice column reboot you never knew you needed. Sparks fly. And, so does the hilarity. Join them as they turn questionable wisdom into a masterclass of smart irreverence.
Launching September 18th, we’re coming for the worst advice from the week’s hottest topics. Think of it as a public service: we suffer through the nonsense so you don’t have to. Sign up now - streaming on your favorite podcast site.
Episodes
52 episodes
49. Can You Ever Go Back? Boycotts, Bad Reviews & One Grocery Store Meltdown
You swore you’d NEVER go back.Then you realized… you actually really like the place. 😬This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin ask: When you boycott a business, do you actually have to stick with it?It ...
48. ONE Thing You Should Do Today (Before You Die).
What if your obituary became the blueprint for how you live today?This week on Wrong Way Forward, we sit down with Mary McGreevy, creator of the wildly popular Tips From Dead People (450,000+ followers), to ex...
47. Are We Alone?
👽 Are we alone in the universe... or are we just too arrogant to think otherwise?This week on Wrong Way Forward, Justin and Katy tackle one of their strangest—and surprisingly deepest—conversations yet.After survivin...
46. Parents Are Making This HUGE Mistake
🚁 Are we raising resilient kids... or just making life too easy?This week on Wrong Way Forward, we tackle one of our most controversial topics yet:👉 Should parents be their child's friend? 👉 Is hustle disapp...
45. The Dinner Party Dilemma Nobody Wants to Talk About
What happens when someone who's been sober for a year wants to host a dinner party... but doesn't want a stocked bar?This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin dive into a New York Times advice column that says recovering alc...
44. Is a Matchmaker Worth It? An Insider Tells All.
Should you hire a matchmaker? Is it worth the investment—or are dating apps still the best way to find love?This week on Wrong Way Forward, Justin and Katy sit down with R. Tony Smith, founder of Denver's Cupid
43. Stretching... My Patience and Other Gym Meltdowns
Your yoga class starts late. The Pilates class turns into a coffee chat. The guy at the gym is taking conference calls on speaker. When did wellness become everyone else's problem?This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin are joine...
42. Useless Advice from Someone Besides Us (Graduation Episode)
This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin tackle one of life's biggest milestones: graduation. Why are commencement speakers suddenly getting booed? Should graduation speeches focus on inspiration—or uncomfortable truths lik...
41. How Ugly Is Too Ugly?
What actually makes someone attractive? Is it their face, their body, their bank account... or something much deeper?This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin tackle one of the most uncomfortable—and hilarious—topics ...
40. Pride Without Punchlines
What does Pride mean in 2026? In this special Pride Month episode, Katy and Justin discuss allyship, identity, corporate virtue signaling, and a controversial HelloFresh campaign that left Justin asking whether Pride is being reduced to stereot...
39. When You Ask for Chic and They Give You Sh!t - What is TACKY?
Welcome back to Season 3 of Wrong Way Forward!After 34 years of friendship, Katy Montgomery and Justin Joseph thought they knew everything about each other. Then one weekend in Denver proved otherwise.What started as a deba...
38. What We Learned From Giving Advice Nobody Asked For: Season 2 Highlights!
Season 2 is officially in the books!In this special season finale of Wrong Way Forward, hosts Justin Joseph and Katy Montgomery look back at some of the biggest, funniest, and most thought-provoking moments from the season. From...
37. Bad Guests & Birthday Meltdowns
A woman crashes a birthday party, gets drunk, fights over cake… and then steals the entire thing. Naturally, Katy and Justin have thoughts. 🎂🚔This week on Wrong Way Forward, we dive into the internet-famous “Cake Tug-of-War” advice colum...
36. Sh!tting Yourself for Enlightenment. What is Ibogaine?
This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin dive headfirst into the wild world of psychedelic healing drugs — from ayahuasca and ibogaine to ketamine and MDMA therapy. Inspired by a New York Times story about a journalist traveling to Mexic...
35. The Most Infuriating of ALL Human Behavior: Line Cutting
This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin absolutely lose their minds over one of society’s greatest crimes: cutting in line.From airport chaos to airplane aisle vultures to people who think “community norms” don’t apply to them, t...
34. Your Hair or Your Package? Has Looksmaxing Gone Too Far?
This week on Wrong Way Forward, Justin and Katy dive headfirst into one of the internet’s most disturbing trends: “looksmaxing.” From jaw-breaking “beauty hacks” to influencers asking strangers “would you sex me,” the duo breaks...
33. Dying Moms, Bad Bosses, and Rat Boys
Bad advice meets brutal reality in this week’s episode of Wrong Way Forward.A longtime employee’s mother is dying… and her boss still wants the meetings. Is this heartless corporate nonsense—or a failure of communication on both...
32. From Helpful to Hateful: When Reviews Go Too Far
This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin dive into something we all do—but rarely think about: leaving reviews.Are reviews actually helpful… or are they just emotional drive-bys from people having a bad day?
31. Smoke Signals: Your Marriage Is in Trouble
This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin tackle a deceptively simple question that spirals into a full-blown relationship debate: If you’re the breadwinner, do you get to decide what your partner spends money on?<...
30. Stop Falling, Start Listening: The War With Aging Parents
This week on Wrong Way Forward, we tackle something no one wants to deal with—but everyone eventually has to:Your parents are getting older… and they’re not listening to you.We break down a Dear Abby lette...
29. Born to Donate. A Savior Sibling Dilemma
This week on Wrong Way Forward, we ask a question that escalated WAY faster than expected:Do you owe your family a literal piece of your body?We unpack a wild story of a “savior sibling” — a woman born to medically...
28. Flexing Your Apology Muscle
What makes a real apology… actually work?This week on Wrong Way Forward, Justin and Katy break down the anatomy of an apology—and why most people get it completely wrong.Using everything from viral “apology tours” to Will...
27. Terrible Advice for Surviving the Apocalypse
Is it just us… or does the world feel completely out of control?Between the 24-hour news cycle, endless social media, and a constant stream of global crises, it’s easier than ever to fall into the anxiety spiral. In this episode of Wr...
26. The Awards Show Moment Everyone Is Arguing About. We are too.
This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin tackle one of the most uncomfortable moments of the awards season — the BAFTA incident involving a Tourette’s advocate whose involuntary outburst stunned the room during a live broadcast. T...
25. Yelling at Garbage Men & Other Signs You’re Not Thriving. We interview author Jon Rosemberg.
This week on Wrong Way Forward, Katy and Justin officially admit it:They are not thriving.Katy is rage-spiraling over lawn chairs. Justin is yelling at garbage men. And both of them are sleeping 14 hours a...