Peter Crimmins

WHYY

Peter Crimmins used to tinker with electronics as a child. He would take radios apart and figure out the schema of capacitors and transistors. He never figured out how to put them back together, so he became a radio producer rather than an electrical engineer. Peter became senior producer of Ben Manilla Productions, in San Francisco, and made programming for public radio, commerical radio, and corporate projects.

Since becoming an independent producer, he has reported from England, Spain, Tijuana, Philadelphia, and New York. In addition to Studio 360, his stories have aired on Weekend America and Marketplace. He is a part-time news reporter at WHYY, in Philadelphia. His long-awaited film project may never be completed, but it's great. You'll see.

Peter Crimmins appears in the following:

Penn Museum Apologizes For 'Unethical Possession Of Human Remains'

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

In the early 19th century, hundreds of human skulls — many obtained from grave robbers — were assembled for the Morton Collection and used to lend scientific support to white supremacy.

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'The Island We Made': Lip-Sync Opera And High Drag Sing An Ode To Mothers

Friday, March 19, 2021

Composer Angélica Negrón collaborates with 'RuPaul's Drag Race' winner Sasha Velour on a 10-minute film featuring original music, in a project for Opera Philadelphia.

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National Guard Troops Mobilized After Unrest In Philadelphia

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Protesters were out for another night after police shot and killed Walter Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man, Monday. His family says they called for an ambulance for help with a mental health crisis.

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Rescued From The Vault: Nat Turner Rebellion

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

An album from 50 years ago that could have been a total classic is resurrected from the archives.

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Protests Continue At Philadelphia Starbucks

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Protests continued Monday at a Philadelphia Starbucks where two black men were arrested Saturday after an employee accused them of trespassing.

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West Philadelphia Cemetery Welcomes Community Gardeners

Sunday, May 14, 2017

A historic cemetery in Philadelphia is asking community members to plant miniature gardens on top of the graves, and the response has so far been overwhelming.

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Philadelphia's Mummers Parade Will Now Be Culturally Appropriate

Friday, December 30, 2016

Participants' routines touch on topics of the day, with satire often veering into offensive. Parade leaders initiated sensitivity training — bringing in leaders from immigrant and LGBT communities.

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Philadelphia Mayor Lifts Ban On Love Park Skateboarding Before Renovation

Monday, February 15, 2016

Skate boards took their final turns in one of the nation's best known skate parks this weekend. "Love Park" in Philadelphia is being bulldozed in preparation for a new park with less ...

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In Nod To History, A Crumbling Philly Row House Gets A Funeral

Friday, May 30, 2014

3711 Melon St. in Philadelphia is an old house, but not a beautiful or particularly unique one. And that's exactly why historians and artists want to mark its demolition with a community celebration.

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Philadelphia Rapper Sets Unsolved Mystery to Music

Friday, March 07, 2014

For more than two decades, an unknown artist has been leaving a message in the streets of Philadelphia. The message is has been cut by hand into a linoleum tile, and pressed into th...

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Philadelphia Orchestra Warms Up for Critical Season

Thursday, November 08, 2012

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The Scene: Philadelphia From NewsWorks, the online home of WHYY News Having just emerged from bankruptcy, with a $25 million fundraising gap, the Philadelphia Orchestra is striding ...
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New Home Brings Barnes Collection to Full Radiance

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

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The Scene: PhiladelphiaFrom NewsWorks, the online home of WHYY News — part of The New Barnes, a series chronicling the years-long struggle surrounding the Barnes Foundation's move (al...
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Saving Camden

Friday, September 10, 2010

According to crime statistics from 2009, Camden, New Jersey ranks as America's most dangerous city. Some residents are looking to the arts to try to turn the city around. With a new theater opening this month, we wondered if an arts district can really save Camden. Produced by ...

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American Icons: Fallingwater

Friday, May 29, 2009

In the late 1930s, Edgar Kaufmann asked starchitect Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home near a waterfall in Pennsylvania — and an architectural icon was born. This summer, the Guggenheim Museum in New York is presenting a retrospective of Wright's work. As part of our American Icons series, Studio ...

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American Icons: Fallingwater

Friday, May 29, 2009

A look at the most famous little house in America: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, still hanging off a cliff after nearly seventy years.

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Vampire Chronicles

Friday, December 05, 2008

With the hit movie "Twilight" and HBO's series "True Blood," vampires are back in a big way. Peter Crimmins surveys culture's long obsession with these blood suckers in an attempt to find out why the vampire motif will never die.

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PA polls open

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

One of the most important states for both of the presidential candidates is Pennsylvania, and its polls are open now. The Takeaway is joined by Peter Crimmins from WHYY in Philadelphia.

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Bill and Dick's Excellent Adventure

Friday, October 31, 2008

There's one guide museum-goers in Philadelphia should not be without: Travels With Dick And Bill. It’s a self-published packet of stapled Xeroxed pages, and a huge endeavor. Dick Hughes and Bill McLaughlin, both 85, have visited 203 museums in and around Philadelphia, ...

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Teddy Cruz

Friday, June 13, 2008

The work of San Diego architect Teddy Cruz takes its cues from the "informal design" (that's another way of saying "shantytowns") of Tijuana. But selling his radical designs to new immigrants is a challenge; they tend to want a house with a white picket fence. Studio 360's

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The Spectacular Forgery That Fooled Almost Everyone

Friday, November 30, 2007

One of the most notorious art forgeries of the 20th century happened in England in the 1990s when two men were arrested for spectacularly exploiting the vulnerabilities of the art market. Art dealer John Drewe handled the paperwork, and John Myatt handled the paintbrush -- and they ...

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