For the bulk of his early career, Mikey Robins sat safely behind a radio desk or on a TV set – often as a panellist on Good News Week or a presenter on Triple J.
But in the early 2000s comedy took him somewhere very different: Afghanistan. Robins did a two-week stint there during the war as an entertainer for the troops. Here the author, broadcaster and comedian tells us about that not-so-relaxing travel experience and shares memories from some less cortisol-spiking holidays.