Former Ohio State University President Ted Carter was a self-described “frequent flyer” of a failing podcast hosted by the Columbus woman he is accused of having an “inappropriate relationship” with, The Post has learned.
Carter’s resignation from the cushy, $1.5 million-per-year job – which came after he confessed to giving “inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership” to a woman who wanted help with her business – was linked to Krisanthe Vlachos, host of “The Callout Podcast,” by a show sponsor just hours after news broke of his departure Monday.
The disgraced OSU president had even traveled for and sponsored events hosted by Vlachos, social media posts reveal.
Carter, 66 – who has been married to Lynda Carter for nearly 45 years – last appeared on the veterans-focused podcast on Jan. 7, when Vlachos gave him a warm introduction.
“President Carter, you have quite the history and you’ve been so gracious to come and support and co-host more than a couple of podcasts, but your story is always fun and interesting. Would you mind telling it again,” Vlachos gushed, according to the podcast clip.
“Yeah, I have been a frequent flyer on the Callout Podcast, so I am a veteran of the veterans here in that way,” Carter replied, which was met with a laugh and grin from Vlachos.
“But congratulations to you, Krisanthe, on bringing together what I would consider one of the best, all-star casts you’ve had on your podcast,” he gushed, before re-introducing the panel’s three other guests: JobsOhio CEO and AirForce vet JP Nauseef, President of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum and Army veteran William J. Butler and Army National Guard vet John Harris.
Carter, who served as a Top Gun pilot and instructor during 38 years in the Navy following his graduation from the US Naval Academy in 1981, sat opposite Vlachos for the podcast’s filming — a far cry from a cozy picture she posted of them at an event just days later.
The photo, taken at the Student Veterans of America 2026 national conference in Colorado Springs in January, shows the former university president smiling alongside Vlachos, who is clad in an all-black leather get-up.
In a caption alongside the photo, Vlachos refers to Carter as her “dear friend and mentor.”
So far this year, Carter has appeared in nine of the 14 videos posted by the podcast founder, according to her social media profiles — which also promote the duo’s co-sponsoring and support of each other’s events.
In January 2025, Vlachos’ podcast reportedly co-sponsored a performance by veterans and military family members at Ohio State, “Last Out: Elegy of a Green Beret,” in partnership with the university, JobsOhio, AEP and the Columbus Region.
A few months later, Carter supposedly returned the favor — using Ohio State as a sponsor for Vlachos’ weekend-long event titled “Gaff-N-Go Rodeo,” aimed at connecting military veterans to power linemen, in Richmond, Virginia, according to an Instagram post.
A video of Carter speaking during the event’s opening ceremony is captioned, “There’s an intersection between Veterans and Power Linemen I find so special. Walter ‘Ted’ Carter.”
Despite his stature as one of the most powerful public employees in Ohio, Vlachos’ podcast episodes have pulled pitiful numbers – with just a few hundred views each.
“Callout” sponsor JobsOhio said Vlachos and Carter’s relationship may be “possibly connected” to his resignation in a statement to NBC 4 Monday.
“JobsOhio is aware Ted Carter resigned this morning as President of The Ohio State University and that this situation is possibly connected to a relationship between him and the host of a podcast for veterans, which we sponsored,” the economic development group said.
Carter did not elaborate on the circumstances surrounding the relationship that led him to step down, but said he was leaving OSU with his wife.
He and Vlachos have not responded publicly to the relationship allegations.
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