Five cities, four countries and 15 days locked down in Australia: Global Translations author Ryan Heath talks to\xa0Playbook's\xa0Tara Palmeri about his 68-hour travel journey to get\xa0Down Under.\xa0He peers inside the hellish future of global travel and explains why it might be more expensive for travelers. Plus, a surprise ending to this special Nerdcast episode.\nTara Palmeri is a POLITICO Playbook co-author.\xa0Scott Bland is a politics editor at POLITICO.Ryan Heath is \xa0a senior editor at Politico and author of Global Translations.Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices