The film begins and ends with excerpts from a speech by Jiddu Krishnamurti. The remainder of the film is narrated by Peter Joseph and divided into four parts, which are prefaced by on-screen quotations from Krishnamurti, John Adams, Bernard Lietaer, and Thomas Paine, respectively.

• Zeitgeist
• Chogyam Trungpa
• Jordan Maxwell
• George Carlin
• Peter Joseph