The podcast "Acquired" recently did an episode on Epic

https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/epic-games (Season 7, Episode 3, September 1, 2020)

It helped me a lot with positioning Epic and Sweeney, with his current actions, into my mental knowledge base, in the context of Doom and what was happening in the 90s and thereafter in the gaming industry. It also touches the current topic. It's worth listening to.