# Divine Intervention Podcast: The Episodes Worth Your Time

> Which Divine Intervention podcast episodes to use for Step 1 and Step 2 CK: the free Step 1 PDF of high-yield episodes by system, the Step 2 CK last-month PDF, and exactly when each one comes in.

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## Questions this guide answers

- **Which Divine Intervention podcast episodes should I listen to?** Not all of them. For Step 1, use the free PDF of over 127 high-yield episodes sorted by subject and organ system, when your UWorld is stuck around 60% or when one system keeps costing you NBME questions. For Step 2 CK, use the free PDF of the episodes to finish in your last month before the exam. Either way, it supports your main resources. It never replaces them.

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USMLE Vault · Step 1 & Step 2 CK
Divine Intervention podcast: the episodes worth your time
For the commute, the gym and the tired-eyes hours: only the episodes that earn their place.
By Dr. Marish Asudani · Published 22 October 2026
Which Divine Intervention podcast episodes should I listen to?
Not all of them. For Step 1, use the free PDF of over 127 high-yield episodes sorted by subject and organ system, when your UWorld is stuck around 60% or when one system keeps costing you NBME questions. For Step 2 CK, use the free PDF of the episodes to finish in your last month before the exam . Either way, it supports your main resources. It never replaces them.
Read this first Divine Intervention is enormous. Hundreds of episodes, every topic, every Step. And most of it isn't your priority.
Here's why it's still on my list. For Step 1, Divine is the best video and audio podcast to use when you're bored and you just need a refresher. His pronunciation of things makes him non-boring. It's unique, and it makes the point stick .
So the job is not to listen to everything. The job is to listen to the right episodes at the right time. I've put both lists in free PDFs.
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Both PDFs are free. Neither one replaces your main resources.
Step 1 edition
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Step 1 · what it is The Step 1 PDF: the high-yield episodes, by system
The Divine Intervention Step 1 PDF holds over 127 high-yield episodes , organised by foundation subjects and by organ system, each one linked to the original episode. You open the system you're on and play only those.
PDF Divine Intervention Step 1 PDF Free, in 2 places: usmlevault.com/free-resources and University on usmlevault.com.
Open the free resources page → · Open University →
University → Files on usmlevault.com: the DIP Step 1 PDF, free.
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Step 1 · when When it comes in, and when it doesn't
The PDF names 2 moments. Outside them, it's what you play when your eyes are tired.
During your systems, when your UWorld scores are stuck around 60%. Play that system's episodes, then go back to the First Aid page and the questions. How to do UWorld so it moves →
During your NBME phase, when one system keeps costing you. If you're repeatedly missing questions from one system or subject, run its episodes before the next form. Stuck at 62 to 65%? → And give that next form offline: 10 blocks of 20, 30 minutes each, because the online version gives you 50 questions in 75 minutes and inflates your score by 4 to 6%. NBMEs offline →
When you're bored and need a refresher. On the commute, in the gym, between blocks. It's a refresher, not your primary resource.
Your primary resources stay the same: the First Aid Guide , Mehlman , the FA Foundation Anki and UWorld, system by system. Divine sits beside them. What else to study when you're bored →
▶ Divine Intervention · USMLE Step 1 playlist His own Step 1 playlist on YouTube. Use the PDF to pick from it.
Your systems, day by day
Want a day-by-day schedule that tells you exactly what to study next? The Vault builds it around your exam date.
Build my schedule on usmlevault.com/schedule →
Step 2 CK edition
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Step 2 CK · last month The last-month PDF: the episodes to finish before the exam
For Step 2 CK, I have a PDF of all the Divine Intervention episodes you need in the last month before your exam . It holds his high-yield podcasts. You should definitely do it.
PDF Divine Intervention Step 2 CK playlist PDF Free. Also on usmlevault.com/free-resources and in University on usmlevault.com.
Open University on usmlevault.com →
Pair the last month with the Step 2 CK NBME Booster Anki NBME 9 to 16 and the Free 120, turned into cards, system by system. Opens straight into the deck.
Open the Step 2 deck →
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Step 2 CK · every system How it fits around your systems
The rule I used for Step 2: listen to a system's episodes the night before you review that system , and pair it with Dr. High Yield for fast recall in the morning.
▶ Divine Intervention · USMLE Step 2CK playlist His Step 2 CK playlist on YouTube.
▶ Dr. High Yield · all videos The morning-recall pair.
Where Divine sits in the whole Step 2 CK plan, with the other 5 resources: Step 2 CK: everything I used to score 254 →
The rest of the Step 2 CK resources, by when to use each: 10 YouTube videos for Step 2 CK → · The resource stack →
Both PDFs are free: on the free resources page and in University.
Along with the Neil Randy PDF, Mehlman's HY Arrows and the rest of the free sheets.
Open usmlevault.com/university → Open usmlevault.com/free-resources →
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Read next
Things to study when you're bored — switch the format, don't stop.
Things you can study in the gym — Step 1 and Step 2 CK.
How to use YouTube for Step 1 — without the rabbit hole.
The 7 free sheets — and when each one comes in.
Step 2 CK — the 6 resources behind a 254.
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Author: Dr. Marish Asudani

Updated: 2026-10-22