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On Read Across America Day, Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer read the children's book Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.

Producer Matt Ozug attends the annual Rabbit Hunt in Pahokee, Fla. The traditional hunt happens every year when the sugar cane fields are set ablaze, smoking out the rabbits.

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Susan Stamberg marks Fathers Day by dusting off 78 rpm home recordings made in 1940 and later by her father. He's been dead three decades. She never had the heart to listen before, feeling his loss was still too near to deal with.

It's a chubby little puff of a fish with big expressive eyes, a lovely metallic color and enough neurotoxins in its body to kill dozens of human predators. But if it's expertly prepared, it's considered a rare treat. NPR's Ketzel Levine takes a break from Talking Plants to profile fugu, and meets some food lovers who covet its taste.

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with Carol Hall, manager of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism Program, for the American Red Cross about what Americans can do to prepare for a possible terrorist attack.

NPR's Bob Edwards talks with Mark Winegardner, the author and director of the Creative Writing Program at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Winegardner has been pegged by Random House to continue Mario Puzo's Godfather saga.

Robert talks to Frederick Wiseman, the director of "Belfast, Maine," a documentary about life in that small New England town. The four hour film shows scenes of everyday life, without narration. Wiseman's cameras visit places all over town, including trailer homes, factories, the county jail and emergency room and a school. Wiseman describes his philosophy of filmmaking. The film airs tomorrow on PBS.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Mike Pierce of the Student Borrower Protection Center, about plans to extend the student loan payment pause and a reset for roughly 7 million borrowers who are in default.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews The Headphone Masterpiece, the new CD by singer/songwriter Cody Chesnutt.