This week on Sound Effect, our theme is “Cheating Death” — stories of defying the odds and living to tell the tale. First, we meet a 1920s daredevil who survived 104 vertical feet of certain death. A diver recounts her underwater brush with death . A a 92-year-old author recalls how an unlikely ally saved her from Nazi occupation . We meet a UW researcher studying how to help your dog live longer . And a local storyteller talks about his unexpected connection with a woman who was awaiting a