How do you cope with the sigma associated with mental illness? If you are artist Kagan Goh, you make art to educate people. Producer, spoken word artist, playwright, actor, published author, Goh is also a mental heath advocate and activist.

His latest project 'Surviving Samasara' is both an upcoming "multimedia multidisciplinary live theatrical production," and a newly published memoir. It recounts his 20 year struggles with manic depression, from victim to activist.

During a discussion with Gunargie O'Sullivan, Kagan Goh talks about the project as well as coping with mental illness and isolation during COVID-19. "In Canada, 1 in 5 people will suffer from mental illness during their lifetime. With COVID it's more 1 in 1,"  he says.

To hear more, listen to the interview below.