Podcast contract information released by OSU

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(The Center Square) – The Ohio State University released new documents on a podcast linked to last week’s resignation of the university president.

The Callout Podcast had a contract with the university media production company, WOSU, according to documents released by the university.

The former president, Walter Carter Jr. 's, a former U.S. Navy vice admiral who had been president for two years, abruptly resigned last week. The university said Carter had an “inappropriate relationship with someone seeking public resources to support her personal business.”

Later, a private non-profit group, JobsOhio, said the resignation “is possibly connected to a relationship” between Carter and the host of a podcast on veterans that it had tried to launch.

The contract released by the university was dated June 2025 and was between The Callout Podcast and WOSU starting last July. The podcast agreed to pay $1,800 for every two- hour studio session. There would be 50 sessions for a total of $93,716.

Krisanthe Vlachos signed the contract on behalf of The Callout Podcast.

Ohio State is continuing its investigation, university spokesman Ben Johnson told The Center Square.

“The university is working to conclude the investigation as quickly as possible,” he said.

JobsOhio said last week that it paid The Callout Podcast $60,000 to produce four episodes of a podcast on veterans.

“Ohio State is a trusted partner and Admiral Carter, sharing our passion for military and veterans, 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 coming to Ohio’s super sectors like advanced aerospace/defense and energy,” JobsOhio said last week on X.

 However, only one episode of its pilot podcast series was actually produced, the organization said.

“As all four episodes were not completed, and the first was removed, we are reviewing clawback options in our contract,” JobsOhio said last week.

JobsOhio is a private nonprofit funded “from the JobsOhio Beverage System liquor enterprise we purchased in 2013 and still manage today,” the group states on its website. “No taxpayer funds are used.”

WOSU is a National Public Radio and Public Broadcast System, affiliate licensed by Ohio State, according to its website.