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Jim Wallis is one of the most influential voices on religion, politics and social justice in the United States today. A New York Times bestselling author, he recently served on the White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and currently serves as the vice chair of the Global Agenda Council on Values for the World Economic Forum.

Jim has known President Obama since his senator days, but is keen to point out that 'Obama and I are friends, but I'm not his spiritual advisor ... As long as he's President, I'm challenging him to protect the poorest and the most vulnerable.'

Jim lives in Washington DC, with his wife Joy Carroll,听one of the first women ordained in the Church of England, and who was advisor, inspiration and role model for Richard Curtis for his comedy series "The Vicar of Dibley".听

On God's Side - What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned About Serving the Common Good by Jim Wallis is published in the UK by Lion Hudson.

ISBN 978-0-7459-5612-1

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Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore is playing at this year's Greenbelt, and is one of Clare's musical guests this morning.

Thea's latest album 'Regardless' is out now.

Garth Hewitt sang at the first Greenbelt Festival in 1974 and served on the Greenbelt board for 25 years. This year he's launching his latest album "Liberty is Near!" at the festival听and joins Clare to talk about the story behind it. The album is based on the lyrics of a 19th century Chartist Hymnbook which was recently听rediscovered and which Garth has put to music.

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Cardiff鈥檚 charismatic and unstoppable Martyn Joseph,听'The Welsh Springsteen' continues to garner fans everywhere with his singular musical brew of roots-folk-blues-rock, which Bob Harris described as 'stunning and heartfelt'.听He won the Best Male Artist title in the 91热爆 Welsh Music Awards whilst There鈥檚 Always Maybe won the global Independent Music Awards Best Folk Song category. Martyn is a regular performer at Greenbelt, this year being no exception.

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Vicky Beeching is an academic research fellow, writer and broadcaster specialising in the areas of religion, ethics and technology. She is also passionate about feminism and equality for women.Vicky holds degrees in Theology from Oxford, where she focused on contemporary ethics and the place of women in religion. Her current academic work looks at the way the Internet is affecting morality, and the ethical minefields raised by social media and digital communication. She is based in London, but also works as a Visiting Research Fellow in Internet Ethics at Durham University.