Wrong Way Forward

Send us Fan Mail You Look Great! Were You Ugly Before? Is it a compliment or an insult wearing lipstick? This week on Wrong Way Forward , Katy and Justin take on backhanded compliments, high school reunion disasters, and Miss Manners' painfully polite advice. From “You really grew into your nose” to the dreaded corporate “shit sandwich,” no insult disguised as kindness is safe. Plus, should y...

Send us Fan Mail Saving the planet sounds great—until there are maggots on your patio. This week, Katy and Justin are joined by sustainability expert and author Kelly Wieger to figure out whether the everyday things we do in the name of the environment actually make a difference. Are we already past the point of no return on climate change? Does recycling really matter? Is sustainable living only...

Send us Fan Mail The Disney vacation. The elaborate birthday party. The perfect Christmas. The Instagram-worthy “core memory.” What if your kids don’t remember any of it? This week on Wrong Way Forward , Katy and Justin ask a surprisingly emotional question: What do we actually remember from childhood—and are parents trying way too hard to manufacture memories for their kids? The conversation star...

Send us Fan Mail You know their favorite food. You know how they take their coffee. You probably know what side of the bed they sleep on. But do you know how much debt they have? Whether they want kids? How they handle anger? What makes them jealous? How important sex is to them? Or what happens when you can’t stand their mother? This week on Wrong Way Forward , Katy and Justin tackle the question...

Send us Fan Mail Your kid comes home and tells you another kid is mean, bossy, cruel, or making their life miserable. Your instinct? Step in and fix it. But should you? This week on Wrong Way Forward , Katy and Justin tackle the world of Mean Girls—and whether parents are getting way too involved in their kids’ relationships. When should you call another parent? When should you intervene? And when...

Send us Fan Mail Maybe the best life advice didn’t come from a therapist, a self-help book, or some TikTok guru. Maybe it came from The Golden Girls. This week on Wrong Way Forward , Katy and Justin revisit one of the most iconic shows of their generation—and discover that underneath all those one-liners was some surprisingly great advice about getting older, friendship, loneliness, anger, loss, a...

Send us Fan Mail 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 starts with a dog groomer, a disastrous haircut and a bad Google review. Then there’s a man willing to give up his favorite Thai restaurant over $6 worth of spilled soup...

Send us Fan Mail 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 explore one of the most unexpected sources of life advice: obituaries. After reading thousands of obituaries, Mary has discovered that the people remembered most fondly aren...

Send us Fan Mail 👽 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 surviving a disappointing alien blockbuster, the discussion turns into something much bigger: 🛸 Do you believe extraterrestrial life exists?  🛸 What would you ask an ali...

Send us Fan Mail 🚁 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 disappearing?  👉 Should you really tell your kids they can be anything? We may not be parents—but we definitely have opinions. 😂 Watch the full episode wherever you get...

Send us Fan Mail 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 alcoholics simply shouldn't serve alcohol. Is that really the only option? From BYOB dinner parties and mocktail bars to "beverage cap...

Send us Fan Mail 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 , to uncover the truth about modern matchmaking. We discuss who benefits most from hiring a matchmaker, the biggest mistakes singles make, why the "spark"...

Send us Fan Mail 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 joined by Katy's sister, Anne Elizabeth, to tackle one of life's most underrated sources of rage: terrible gym etiquette. From yoga ins...

Send us Fan Mail 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 like AI and the future of work? And does anyone actually remember what was said once the caps hit the air? The conversation also dives into the rise...

Send us Fan Mail 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 we've ever discussed: ugly. From the college game of "Face or Body?" to pretty privilege, GLP-1s, plastic surgery, dating standards, aging, and...

Send us Fan Mail 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 stereotypes. Along the way, they share personal stories about coming out, navigating today's political climate, and the importance of celebra...

Send us Fan Mail 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 debate about hosting, guest etiquette, restaurant manners, and questionable sheet quality quickly turned into a full-blown argument about one simple question: Wha...

Send us Fan Mail 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 asking the controversial question, "Are You a Karen?" to discussions about cutting in line, apologies, difficult conversations, modern etiquet...

Send us Fan Mail 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 column and debate boundaries, family loyalty, emotional regulation, and whether stealing buttercream is grounds for an immediate breakup. Plus: 🍰 W...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Mexico for a 12-hour ibogaine trip, the two debate whether these mind-altering experiences are the right way forward… or just a really expensive...

Send us Fan Mail 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, the duo dives into why basic manners seem to be disappearing in real time — and why line-cutting somehow feels like a full-blown attack on democra...

Send us Fan Mail 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 down how far people are willing to go for attention—and whether it’s confidence… or complete delusion. They unpack the rise of viral figure “Clavicular,”...

Send us Fan Mail 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 sides? Justin and Katy break down one of the most uncomfortable advice columns out there and ask the question nobody wants to answer: where does empathy...

Send us Fan Mail 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? From choosing hotels, doctors, and even dog trainers based on star ratings to questioning whether we’ve lost the ability to think for ourselves, this episode explores...

Send us Fan Mail 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? It starts with cigarettes—but quickly turns into something much bigger. When a husband refuses to fund his wife’s smoking habit, is he setting a reasonable bounda...