The answers to the clues below will have something in common.

1. Chit-chat
2. Encouagement
3. Coax with flattery
4. Discuss
5. Disrespectful response
6. Speak condescendingly
7. New Yorker feature
8. The birds and the bees
9. Oprah, Ellen, Jay, and Dave host them
10. Coarse, often vulgar, slang
11. Change someone's mind
12. Call-in discussions on politics, sports, etc.
13. Like some verbose commentators
14. Early movies that ended an era
15. Act like an expert about something, when you know very little about it.

Answers:

1. Small talk
2. Pep talk
3. Sweet-talk
4. Talk over
5. Back-talk
6. Talk down to
7. Talk of the Town
8. The Talk
9. Talk shows
10. Street talk
11. Talk out of
12. Talk radio
13. Talking heads 
14. Talkies
15. Talk through your hat