# The Pilot's News Briefing 06/18/26 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pilot-6581326/the-pilot-s-news-briefing-06-18-26 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pilot-6581326/the-pilot-s-news-briefing-06-18-26.md Podcast: [The Pilot](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pilot-6581326) Published: 2026-06-18T21:44:06+00:00 Episode link: https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F8463684_2026-06-18-215624%2Fapple_podcasts_nwXWY Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/serve.castfire.com/audio/8463684/8463684_2026-06-18-215624.128.mp3?rssID=1091&source=apple_podcasts_nwXWY Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-pilot-6581326/episodes/the-pilot-s-news-briefing-06-18-26 Duration seconds: 519 ## Resource Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins passed through Pinehurst on a press tour Thursday. Reporter Jonathan Bym was able to ask him which golfers he would like his World Golf Hall of Fame locker to be situated near. The Pilot Newspaper is a twice-weekly, award-winning community newspaper based in downtown Southern Pines, North Carolina. https://www.thepilot.com/ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-pilot-6581326/episodes/the-pilot-s-news-briefing-06-18-26/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pilot-6581326/the-pilot-s-news-briefing-06-18-26.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.