Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 16, 2013: Interview with Scot Paltrow; Review of television series 'Orange is the New Black'; Review of Sylvester's album 'Mighty Real: Greatest Dance Hits.'

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(1.) Investigative reporter SCOT PALTROW talks about his new Reuter's series exploring the consequences of the Defense Department's flawed and out of date payroll system PALTROW has stories from wounded veterans to the Army Chief of Staff General Peter Schoomaker not receiving pay, or having their pay docked after payroll errors. PALTROW says the errors stem from the agency's Defense Accounting and Finance Service (or DFAS) which was created in 1991 and adopted a then-decades-old computer system which has never been updated. (INTERVIEW BY DAVE DAVIES, CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW) (2.) TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the new Netflix original series Orange is the New Black. (3.) Music critic MILO MILES reviews a new collection of disco numbers by the late gay/glam singer Sylvester, Mighty Real: Greatest Dance Hits.