{"store":{"baseInfo":{"podcastTitle":"Illinois REALTORS® Podcast","slug":"illinoisrealtors","podcastDescription":"News and perspectives from the Illinois REALTORS® state association including the Illinois real estate market, legislation, education, ethics and member insights on Illinois real estate issues.","podcastLogo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4007205/IR_Podcast_Logo_Ideas-09_08_21-FINAL-RGB_copy_365p7d.jpg","podcastShareLogo":"https://d2bwo9zemjwxh5.cloudfront.net/image-logo/4007205/IR_Podcast_Logo_Ideas-09_08_21-FINAL-RGB_copy_365p7d_1200x628.jpg?s=70ec8f54bd2fdef2d6be1e93c773afad&e=jpg","podcastUrl":"https://podcast.illinoisrealtors.org","podcastCanSearched":true,"feedUrl":"https://podcast.illinoisrealtors.org/feed.xml","theme":"playlist2","podcastDeepLink":"https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-qmkza-3d2525?from=usersite","removePodbeanBranding":"no","brandingLogo":null,"timeZone":{"timeZoneId":11,"gmtAdjustment":"GMT-06:00","useDaylightTime":1,"value":-6,"text":"(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)","daylightStartTime":"Second Sunday Of March +2 Hours","daylightEndTime":"First Sunday Of November +2 Hours","timezone":"America/Chicago"},"podcastDownloads":null,"totalEpisodes":233,"showComments":true,"iOSAppDownloadLink":null,"customizeCssUrl":null,"androidAppDownloadLink":null,"showPostShare":true,"showLike":true,"author":"Illinois Realtors®","enableEngagementStats":true,"shareEmbedLink":"https://admin5.podbean.com/embed.html?id=pbblog-qmkza-3d2525-playlist","language":"en","sensitivitySessionExpireTime":3600,"podcastApps":[{"name":"Apple Podcasts","link":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/illinois-realtors-podcast/id1457205521","image":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1/site/images/admin5/apple-podcast.png","title":null},{"name":"Podbean App","link":"https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-qmkza-3d2525?from=usersite","image":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1/site/images/admin5/podbean-app.png","title":null},{"name":"Spotify","link":"https://open.spotify.com/show/2qGFTW6R6CxT5RiiQzgnzG","image":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1/site/images/admin5/spotify.png","title":null},{"name":"Amazon Music","link":"https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/db4fe5c0-6d73-49a9-b1c6-18ea31da6de2","image":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1/site/images/admin5/AmazonMusic.png","title":null},{"name":"TuneIn + Alexa","link":"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Illinois-REALTORS(R)-Podcast-p1233748/","image":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1/site/images/admin5/tunein.png","title":null},{"name":"iHeartRadio","link":"https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-illinois-realtors-podcast-83730004/","image":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1/site/images/admin5/iHeartRadio.png","title":null},{"name":"PlayerFM","link":"https://player.fm/series/series-2939692","image":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1/site/images/admin5/PlayerFM.png","title":null},{"name":"Listen Notes","link":"https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/illinois-realtors-podcast-illinois-realtors-XHai0gZTxKr/","image":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1/site/images/admin5/ListenNotes.png","title":null}],"components":{"base":[{"id":"MainStyle","val":"light"},{"id":"Font","val":"Roboto"},{"id":"SecondaryFont","val":"Roboto"},{"id":"PlayerColor","val":"#005596"},{"id":"PlayerStyle","val":"player2"},{"id":"PlayerWave","val":"show"},{"id":"Favicon","val":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cezq7u/16x16_IllinoisREALTORS_Favicon.ico"},{"id":"CookiesNotice","val":"hide"},{"id":"CookiesNoticeContent","val":"

Cookies Notice

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. By using our website you agree to our use of cookies.

"},{"id":"EpisodePageListenOn","val":"hide"},{"id":"EpisodePageCustomizeComponent","val":"hide"}],"home-header":[{"id":"HomeHeaderTextColor","val":"#FFFFFF"},{"id":"BackgroundImage","val":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i2xhkc/capitolmembergrouppicture.jpg"},{"id":"BackgroundImageForMobile","val":null}],"page-header":[{"id":"PageHeaderTextColor","val":"#ffffff"},{"id":"SecondaryPageBackgroundImage","val":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i2xhkc/capitolmembergrouppicture.jpg"},{"id":"SecondaryPageBackgroundImageForMobile","val":null}],"episode-list":[{"id":"EpisodeListType","val":"simple-list"},{"id":"EpisodesPerPage","val":10},{"id":"EpisodeStats","val":"hide"}],"navigation":[{"id":"NavigationFontColor","val":"#ffffff"},{"id":"NavigationBackgroundColor","val":"#000000"},{"id":"NavigationSearch","val":"show"},{"id":"NavigationLinks","val":[{"id":"Home","type":"Link","value":"/","text":"Home","subitems":[]},{"id":"Subscribe","type":"Link","value":"https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/13l3KmCaAuDq","text":"Subscribe","subitems":[]},{"id":"5eedfb80-8ac7-0f28-b128-ec7a4ea4d5c7","type":"Tags","value":"","text":"Tags","subitems":[]},{"id":"dfbb82bd-590e-7540-07a5-30d02425ed35","type":"Link","value":"https://www.illinoisrealtors.org","text":"Illinois REALTORS® Website","subitems":[]}]}],"footer":[{"id":"FooterType","val":"Footer1"},{"id":"FooterFontColor","val":"#ffffff"},{"id":"FooterBackgroundColor","val":"#000000"},{"id":"FooterCopyright","val":"Copyright Illinois REALTORS®. All rights reserved."},{"id":"SocialMediaLinks","val":{"facebook_username":"IllinoisREALTORS","twitter_username":"ILREALTOR","instagram_username":"illinoisrealtors","youtube_username":"IllinoisRealtor","linkedin_username":"company/illinoisrealtors"}}],"customize-container1":[],"customize-container2":[]},"allLinks":[{"id":"Tags-5708374","type":"Link","value":"/category/capitol-conference","text":"Capitol Conference","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-14965413","type":"Link","value":"/category/fall-business-meetings","text":"Fall Business Meetings","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-5072466","type":"Link","value":"/category/general","text":"General","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-5879733","type":"Link","value":"/category/global","text":"Global","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-15215981","type":"Link","value":"/category/housing-forecast","text":"Housing Forecast","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-10514478","type":"Link","value":"/category/industry-partners","text":"Industry Partners","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-14736570","type":"Link","value":"/category/ir-weekly","text":"IR Weekly","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-15051417","type":"Link","value":"/category/leadership-development","text":"Leadership Development","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-14020164","type":"Link","value":"/category/learn-grow-connect","text":"Learn, Grow, Connect","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-5677399","type":"Link","value":"/category/rent-control","text":"Rent Control","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-10640985","type":"Link","value":"/category/roi-revitalize-opportunity-influence","text":"ROI: Revitalize, Opportunity, Influence","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-15409603","type":"Link","value":"/category/rpac","text":"RPAC","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-18473735","type":"Link","value":"/category/spring-conference-expo","text":"Spring Conference & Expo","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-15557799","type":"Link","value":"/category/winter-business-meetings","text":"Winter Business Meetings","subitems":[]},{"id":"Tags-5141461","type":"Link","value":"/category/young-professionals-network-ypn","text":"Young Professionals Network (YPN)","subitems":[]}],"mainStylesDefaultSettings":null,"defaultCustomizeComponents":null,"scripts":["https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-5730928-20","\n window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\n function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\n gtag('js', new Date());\n\n gtag('config', 'UA-5730928-20',{'allow_enhanced_conversions':true});\n"],"metas":null,"appConfig":{"package":"com.podbean.app.podcast","app_store_id":973361050,"app_name":"Podbean","scheme":"podbean"},"customizeCss":null,"canEditCss":null,"enableJsCodeInCustomizeContent":false,"enabledIframeCodeInCustomizeContent":true,"sectionMaxCount":10,"enableEditorLink":true,"enableEditCookiesNotice":true,"siteRedirectToFeed":false,"podcatcherRssUrl":null,"showFeed":true,"showTopBar":true,"enableWebSiteLike":true,"organizationName":null,"organizationPageLink":null},"backToListUrl":"/","tinymceLoaded":false,"listEpisodes":[],"userLikedEpisodes":[],"userLikeCheckedEpisodes":[],"topBarIframeLoaded":false,"listTotalCount":0,"listTotalPage":0,"listPage":0,"listType":"all","listValue":"","listName":"","pageLoading":false,"apiBaseUrl":"http://podcast.illinoisrealtors.org","apiV2BaseUrl":"","apiCommonParams":{"t":"69b01007","clientSignature":"4e535d653051fcd00a1112541c994d6f","u":null,"customizing":null},"apiCommonHeaders":{},"comments":[],"commentsTotalCount":0,"commentsTotalPage":0,"commentsPage":1,"commentEpisodeId":"pb27689449-yi6py","episode":{"id":"pb27689449","idTag":"yi6py","title":"Your Illinois Primary Elections Primer 2026","logo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4007205/IR_Podcast_Logo_Ideas-09_08_21-FINAL-RGB_copy_365p7d_300x300.jpg","shareLogo":"https://d2bwo9zemjwxh5.cloudfront.net/image-logo/4007205/IR_Podcast_Logo_Ideas-09_08_21-FINAL-RGB_copy_365p7d_1200x628.jpg?s=70ec8f54bd2fdef2d6be1e93c773afad&e=jpg","largeLogo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4007205/IR_Podcast_Logo_Ideas-09_08_21-FINAL-RGB_copy_365p7d.jpg","previewContent":null,"content":"

The Illinois state primaries are next week and there is A LOT to be aware of. To make sure you're fully informed, join Tom Benedetto and Gideon Blustein as they give you all the info you need before you cast those ballots.

","publishTimestamp":1773116285,"duration":1096,"mediaUrl":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/epwfsxbn73i3a7dw/Gideon-Tom_Election_Podcast_COMP_2_7vvq6.mp3","mediaType":"audio/mpeg","shareLink":"https://admin5.podbean.com/embed.html?id=pb-yi6py-1a681e9","likedCount":null,"deepLink":"https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-yi6py-1a681e9","transcriptUrl":null,"permalink":"/e/your-illinois-primary-elections-primer-2026/","downloadLink":"https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yi6py-1a681e9?download=1","fallbackResource":null,"fallbackResourceMimetype":null,"downloadCount":0,"status":"publish","hasMoreContent":false,"chaptersUrl":null,"explicit":false},"episodeShareLink":null,"deepLink":"https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-yi6py-1a681e9","playlist":{"episodes":[],"current":0,"start":0,"stop":0,"playing":true,"playerLoading":true,"playbackRate":1,"playbackRateIndex":1,"volume":1},"toasts":[],"confirm":null,"customizeEditorFormZIndex":999,"lastRequestTime":null,"validateChangesOnBeforeunload":true,"windowWidth":1000,"VITE_FS1_CDN_URL_PREFIX":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/fs1","reloadStats":false,"userIdEncrypted":null,"userProfilePicture":null,"username":null,"isVerified":false,"loadUserInfo":false,"loginUrl":"https://www.podbean.com/site/user/login?return=https%253A%252F%252Fpodcast.illinoisrealtors.org%252Fe%252Fyour-illinois-primary-elections-primer-2026%252F&rts=183189d383e2d1acd0c8a1e2fbccb13265a6464a","recaptchaV3Loaded":false,"recaptchaV2Loaded":false,"likesLoaded":false,"commentLikeMap":{},"commentOffset":0,"widgetCommentsLoaded":false},"episode":{"id":"pb27689449","idTag":"yi6py","title":"Your Illinois Primary Elections Primer 2026","logo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4007205/IR_Podcast_Logo_Ideas-09_08_21-FINAL-RGB_copy_365p7d_300x300.jpg","shareLogo":"https://d2bwo9zemjwxh5.cloudfront.net/image-logo/4007205/IR_Podcast_Logo_Ideas-09_08_21-FINAL-RGB_copy_365p7d_1200x628.jpg?s=70ec8f54bd2fdef2d6be1e93c773afad&e=jpg","largeLogo":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4007205/IR_Podcast_Logo_Ideas-09_08_21-FINAL-RGB_copy_365p7d.jpg","previewContent":null,"content":"