A Conversation With Nancy Faust Jenkins, Forty-Year Organist for Chicago White Sox

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Nancy Faust Jenkins, the forty-year organist for the Chicago White Sox, joins the podcast this week! We were also joined by Roger Wallenstein, a lifelong White Sox fan who writes a weekly column about the team for the Beachwood Reporter. Roger was the co-director of Camp Nebagamon, the sleepaway camp I went to in northern Wisconsin.

We discussed:

  • Nancy’s recent induction into the Hall of Eternals in California, and whether Roger agrees with the argument that she deserves a statue.
  • The eccentricities of Bill Veeck and Harry Caray.
  • Whether the White Sox missed an opportunity not building a more interesting ballpark.
  • Nancy’s time with the Bulls and Blackhawks.
  • How she reacted to what was going on in the game to play relevant music.
  • Her 1967 letter from Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley that stressed why they didn’t play the National Anthem:

Hope you enjoy!

Podcast produced by Michael Shamburger

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