Early Voting Grows Among Republicans, and a Lithium Trove in Arkansas

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<p>Plus, the booming Halloween economy.  </p><p> </p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com.</p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/us/politics/2024-early-voting.html" target="_blank"><strong>With Election Day 2 Weeks Away, 15 Million Voters Have Already Cast a Ballot</strong></a>, <i>by Nick Corasaniti</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/us/politics/trump-north-carolina-presser.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Says He Has Seen No Evidence of Cheating in the Election, but Nonetheless Sows Doubts</strong></a>, <i>by Michael Gold</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-gaza-guerrilla.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hamas’s Guerrilla Tactics in North Gaza Make It Hard to Defeat</strong></a>, <i>by Patrick Kingsley and Aaron Boxerman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/books/booksupdate/aleksei-navalny-memoir-prison-diaries.html" target="_blank"><strong>How Aleksei Navalny’s Prison Diaries Got Published</strong></a>, <i>by Alexandra Alter</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/business/energy-environment/arkansas-lithium-ev-batteries.html" target="_blank"><strong>Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say</strong></a>, <i>by Ivan Penn and Rebecca F. Elliott</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/19/business/halloween-shopping-retail-costume-store-growth.html" target="_blank"><strong>Halloween’s Mutation: From Humble Holiday to Retail Monstrosity</strong></a>, <i>by Aimee Ortiz</i></p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>