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Disgraced Ohio State President Ted Carter urged a private nonprofit to sponsor a failing podcast hosted by the woman at the center of his “inappropriate relationship” – but the business partnership blew up.
JobsOhio wound up paying the prexy’s purported paramour, Krisanthe Vlachos, $60,000 to do four episodes of “The Callout Podcast”,” a show about veteran’s issues, but only one was produced, the group said in a long thread on X Wednesday.
JobsOhio is now trying to “clawback” the $60,000 contract with Vlachos, whose cozy relationship with Carter has been linked to his abrupt departure from the $1.5 million-per-year post this week.
“Ohio State is a trusted partner,” JobsOhio said in their post. “And Admiral Carter recommended The Callout Podcast as an opportunity to build and engage a military and veteran audience in Ohio and connect them to the massive job opportunities.”
Following Carter’s introduction, the economic development group entered a contractual agreement with Vlachos, in which she’d be paid $15,000 for each of the four pilot episodes she was supposed to produce between last September and December.
JobsOhio dished out the total $60,000 – but said Vlachos didn’t hold up her end of the bargain.
“To date, 1 episode has been produced, and we have had scheduling difficulties recording the other 3. As all 4 episodes were not completed, and the first was removed, we are reviewing clawback options in our contract,” the agency said.
All episodes of the podcast – where Carter admittedly was a “frequent flyer,” and which received a pitiful few hundred views each – were hastily removed from YouTube and other streaming services Wednesday.
Just hours before their sudden disappearance, a body language expert told The Post that Vlachos’ “school girl crush” on the married ex-leader had been on full display during Dec. 31 and Jan. 7 episodes he appeared on.
JobsOhio also dished out $10,000 to sponsor a January 2025 event for vets and military families at Ohio State – “Last Out: Elegy of a Green Beret” – which was “an opportunity that Ms. Vlachos brought to our attention,” the group said.
It did not, however, pay Vlachos for the introduction, JobsOhio said.
But the hemorrhaging partnership did include providing the podcaster a pass to attend the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where Carter participated in a JobsOhio-led panel to discuss energy, mobility and AI on Jan. 7.
“[Vlachos] was there to meet people and identify angles for the remaining three podcasts,” JobsOhio said on X, adding that she has still not submitted any requests for reimbursement, despite the agency allotting $5,000 for her travel expenses.
By the next day, Carter and Vlachos were together again – this time at the Student Veterans of America 2026 national conference in Colorado Springs, which took place Jan. 8-10.
A cozy photo from the conference shows the podcaster clad in an all-black leather get-up while smiling alongside the former university leader. She captioned the pic calling Carter her “dear friend and mentor.”
JobsOhio’s hand-outs for Vlachos came to an end, however, when she requested the agency invest in her proposed mobile app, which aimed to help Ohio veterans get jobs.
“We conducted due diligence and decided not to move forward with any investment,” the group said on X, adding that Vlachos had also made the proposal to the OSU President’s office.
It’s unclear whether OSU invested in the app.
Before entering into the muddied partnership with Vlachos, “We found no irregularities in our contracting or our vetting process and JobsOhio followed all appropriate protocols in our partnerships with The Ohio State University President and in our sponsorship with the podcaster.”
Carter — who has been married for nearly 45 years — resigned Monday after confessing to giving “inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership” to a woman seeking help with her business.
An Ohio State spokesman previously said that officials were investigating an LLC registered to Vlachos at a university-owned building in connection with the ex-leader’s departure, but declined to disclose any findings to The Post Thursday.
“The investigation is ongoing, and it would be inappropriate to share details at this time,” he said in a statement.
Carter and Vlachos have not responded publicly to the relationship allegations.
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