Audio pausing when connecting to wi-fi

I have scoured youtube, reddit, google, and the discussions pages for months now to no avail. I live on a college campus with a wi-fi network that has a massive range. I’ll leave my dorm to go to the cafeteria and I’ll be listening to a podcast, youtube, nexflix, etc. with no issues. I eat and walk back to my dorm. When I walk through the front door my audio pauses as my phone reconnects to the wi-fi. It’s not a brief skip or an interruption in the transmission. My phone fully pauses whatever audio is playing as if I hit a button and then it lowers the volume in a manner similar to disconnecting my AirPods. My bluetooth setting are fine. I don’t hear the disconnect tone that plays in my AirPods when I turn off bluetooth. This is totally jarring and pressing the button on the stems of my AirPods does not resume the audio. I have to take my phone out of my pocket and push the play button. This may seem trivial but as a student I am constantly coming and going from my dorm so this is becoming a huge nuisance.