Jean-Aimé Bigirimana, also known as DJ JaBig, is a House Music DJ from Montréal, Canada who is mostly known internationally for his DEEP & DOPE DJ mixes on YouTube & other music platforms which have been streamed for over 7 billion hours.

Jean-Aimé was born in Rwanda but emigrated to Kenya and South Africa at a young age before permanently settling in Canada.

He is the only person in history to cycle across Canada coast-to-coast-to-coast in Winter on a fixed-gear bicycle, to break the Guinness World Records of “The Longest Journey by Bicycle in a Single Country”.

EPISODE LINKS:

The short Documentary on his bicycle journey: https://youtu.be/ZTjBJb0zCt0

JaBig's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jabig/?hl=en

JaBig's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO2MMz05UXhJm4StoF3pmeA

PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://www.mindnarrative.co.uk/

RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/56b4a504/podcast/rss​   

Full episodes playlist: https://bit.ly/2OFUN3V​

SOCIAL:

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Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mindnarrative

TIMESTAMPS:

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:41 “The Longest Journey by Bicycle in a Single Country” — How it all started?!
• 4:17 The Guinness World Record
• 6:25 What did your friends and family think about your crazy challenge?
• 11:43 The sponsors, the challenges, the crucial support of his fanbase
• 20:13 The limits of ''self-sufficiency'', trauma, the benefits of relying on others
• 23:22 Freezing to death
• 29:43 How did you prepare your trip?
• 39:35 Sleep and diet during the trip
• 44:31 Your favourite spot(s) in Canada, your experience meeting its beautiful people
• 49:55 ''The simple life'', quality of life, and the real luxury
• 54:04 ''The most extraordinary experience of my life''
• 57:30 The impact of this bicycle journey on JaBig's DJ career and life in general
• 1:03:17 What's next for you?
• 1:10:26 What are the skills and/or character traits that helped you so far in your life?