*Problem Resolved*

I'm having some sort of really weird issue. Here is the video: Fashom - YouTube

After each graphic the speaker's voice starts out very quiet, and then jumps into the correct volume. If you view the attached screenshot I have no fades in the beginning of the audio. I also have the Volume Audio Effect button switched off so that nothing can affect the track's audio. The really weird thing is that the video/audio plays fine within Premiere. I also attached my render settings in case that's the culprit. Thanks!

I figured it out. It was the DeNoiser. I'm not sure why, but I changed the settings a little bit and moved it to the end of the FX chain.

Can't view the video now as you removed it!

That's because I fixed the problem. See above your post. Thanks!

What was the problem? I'm having an issue where my denoisers are gone when I re-open the project file.