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Tanesha Bannister's 1st Christmas Out Of Prison; What Makes People Happy

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This holiday season marks Tanesha Bannister’s first Christmas with her family in 16 years. In 2004, Bannister received a life sentence for conspiring to sell crack and cocaine. Her second chance came this year when she was freed along with some 3,000 former federal inmates under the First Step Act. Also, new research looks at available data to find what makes people happy around the world, and what life events tend to have the biggest impact on overall happiness. That and more, in hour one of Here & Now's Dec. 25, 2019, full broadcast. You can find more at hereandnow.org, follow us on Twitter and join the conversation on Facebook.

This program aired on December 25, 2019.

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