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The Assassinations session (3 original tapes) included four speakers:

1. Lee, Marty -- "Introduction outlining the Teach-In's format." (part 1)
2. Freed, Donald -- The Assassination of Robert Kennedy (part 1) ("Talks about how the assassinations will spark an awakening")
3. Katz, Robert -- Assassination Information Bureau --The Assassination of Martin Luther King (part 1-2) ("Discusses how Martin Luther King's assassination is part of a larger effort to suppress dissent. He reconstructs the killing, pointing out inconsistencies and contradictions.")
4. Lane, Mark -- The Assassination of President Kennedy (part 2-3) ("Lane does an outstanding job in attacking the myths proposed by the Warren Commission in the JFK murder. Covers much of the material in his book Rush to Judgment and more.")

The Corporate Manipulation session consisted of three speakers:

1. Domhoff, William -- The Ruling Class (part 1)
2. Lens, Sidney -- Labor's Role in Covert War (parts 1 and 2)
3. Barnet, Richard -- Multinational Corporations (part 2I)

The closing session of the Teach-In was titled "Looking Towards the Future" and included three speakers:

1. Stringfellow, William; Lawyer an theologian -- (part 1)
2. Rifkin, Jeremy, People's Bicentennial Commission -- The American Revolution: A Two-hundred Year Cover-up (part1) ("A high spirited look at the history of 'free enterprise' in America. Economic democracy and worker control. A timely tape that will counter all the rest of the 1776 bull shit around.")
3. Ahmad, Eqbal; Pasktani born journalist and antiwar activist -- Revolution in the Third-world (part 2-3) ("A closing to the Teach-In that is spiritual in the deepest sense of the word. A free-flowing rap that ties in all the material covered giving hope and strength to all in the struggle.")
4. Criley, Richard; - ACLU -- Tape ends with presentation by Richard Criley, American Civil Liberties Union, on press freedom, civil liberties and Nixon/Ford administrations crime bills "Senate Bill 1400" and "Senate Bill 1." Pakistani-born journalist Eqbal Ahmed closes the conference. The end of Eqbal Ahmad's talk appears to have been taped over part of another session.

The Mind Control session (3 original tapes) included six speakers:

1. Cook, Blanch -- The Garrison State and Mind Control (part 1-2) ("A chilling account of weather warfare, psychosurgery and behavior modification. Funds provided by LEAA in some cases.")
2. Georgakas, Dan -- Behavior Modification in Prisons (part 2) ("Revealing accounts of behavior mod and drugs used in prisons. Hurricane Carter and Martin Sostre cases are reviewed. Lobotomies and the Nuremberg principles. A subject no one can ignore.")
3. Freed, Donald -- (part 2) ("The links between behavior mod-brainwashing and Sirhan Sirhan. Explores use of Clockwork Orange techniques in political frameworks. Programmed assassins.")
4. Chorover, Steve -- Behavior Modification from Genesis to Genocide (part 2) ("Discusses the theoretical implications of behavior modification and mass control. Relates it all to the rise of Nazism.")
5. Burroughs, William -- (part 2) ("A speech on control by this infamous poet you just have to hear for yourself.")
6. Moore, Beverly -- Content Analysis of T.V. Commercials (part 3) ("This young lawyer from Nader talks about the lack of information in T.V. commercials. Touches on the vast amount of data supplied through such an innocent medium and its potential for abuse.")