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    Celebrating high school graduations in-person after long pandemic

    High school seniors say their in-person graduation ceremonies this year are surreal and sentimental. Some graduates of 2020 waited a year so they could turn their tassels in-person with classmates.

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    Person smiling broadly wearing glasses and plaid shirt against ivy-covered wall background.By Steve Chiotakis • Jun 9, 2021 • 25m Listen

    High school seniors say their in-person graduation ceremonies this year are surreal and sentimental. Some graduates of 2020 waited a year so they could turn their tassels in-person with classmates.

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      High school seniors call 2021 graduation surreal, overwhelming, sentimental

      High school seniors say their in-person graduation ceremonies this year are surreal and sentimental. Some graduates of 2020 waited a year so they could turn their tassels in-person with classmates.

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      9 min
    2. 9:14

      LA urban beekeepers are up in arms about protective gear after online beef

      Texas beekeeper Erika Thompson posted a video of her removing a swarm of bees from an umbrella and moving them into a box — all with her bare hands. No protective gear whatsoever.

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      8 min
    3. 17:31

      LA poet laureate Lynne Thompson on the ‘kernels of poems’ inside all of us

      A native Angeleno, Lynne Thompson says the city informs the way she writes.

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      8 min
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      Steve Chiotakis

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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:009 min

      High school seniors call 2021 graduation surreal, overwhelming, sentimental

    2. 9:148 min

      LA urban beekeepers are up in arms about protective gear after online beef

    3. 17:318 min

      LA poet laureate Lynne Thompson on the ‘kernels of poems’ inside all of us

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